Display-stand.



J. C. JAMES D!SPLA Y STAND. APPLICATION FILED AUG-9. 1917.

1,279,702. Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

JOSEPH 0. JAMES, or ANTIOCH, ILLINOIS.

DISPLAY-STAND,

Application filed August 9, 19i'7. Serial No. 185,258.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit;known that'I, JosnrrrC. JA ns, a citizen of the United States, residing. at Antioch, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful' Improvements in Display-Stands, of which'the followingis a specification. My invention relates ,to display stands especially designed for supporting V floral decorations, such as bunches of roses, and

other similar heterogeneous assemblage of' floral pieces to form an orderly design there- I with. I

The device is particularly well adapted for the convenience of and use by funeral directors. 7

Flowers that are sent as tokens of friendship and respect for deceased persons usually come in bunches, each'bu'nch being tied with ribbons without any idea of orderly design.

To display these bunches of roses, and other flowers, at funerals to the bestadvantage,

v "6 and the radially-extending flange 7. {The-- Qtelesco'ping arms.

7 I have designed and invented an adjustable stand, having a plurality of. arms radiating from a single axis and so arranged that 7 any number of flower-supportin full number or less,- may quickly be as v sembled, to form a set piece of a plurality of bunches of flowers, and may as quickly 0 arms, the

be :knocked downfor packing and transpor tation. V

The object'of my invention is to provide a structure simple in arrangement, cheaply to construct of form.

Other and skilled in the art, from a' consideration of i the following description when taken in conjunction with the drawings, wherein Figure-1 is .afront elevation' of the device showing'the head and'two armsremovably attached thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged Fig. v3 is aside elevat on of the stand. Fig. his an enlarged. viewof oneeof the Fig. 5is a section of'a modified form of; arm with; anaxially adjustable supporting i v v I i i rod 28 whiohmay'be drawnoiitwardly' and'' tightened by'the thumb nut'29, so as to mak blade or proj ection' thereon.

' In all the views the same reference char acters re employed to indicate similar parts.

5 is a head consisting of the hub vpart and capable of wide variation 7 further objects of my invention will become readily apparent, to persons.v

plan :view .of the device, showing a section of oneof the arms 3 taken ;on line 2-7 2 of Fig. '3. V I play.

' latter is'provided with a series of radially disposed grooves 8 and. communicating bores 9, the latter extending into the'hub and being parallel with the axis of thehead. In the: center of the head 5 is an axial" stem 9,

flattened as at 10, and secured in theheadby Specification of Letterslatent. t t d e t; 24, 91 V a pin 11 or by other means; The flattened portion 10 carries a disk 12, secured to the outer end thereof A bracket 13 has an angular part 14 whichis secured to any suitable verticalsupport 15, as by a screw 16,,

and another fiat plate or part 17 rounded at its projecting end to conform somewhat to the'diameter of the disk 12; The plate 117 and the disk 12 are held together by a screw 18 and a nut 19. A spring washer 20, shown as a spirally wound wire, 1s placed under the;

head of the screw 18, the larger portion of, which rests upon the flat platef17 so as to exertsome friction between the disk 12 and the plate 17, when the disk is rotated upon the axis 18for disclosed.

The plate 17 is slottedat intervals,in its the purpose hereafter to be.

rounded edge, as at 21, and the disk 12 and theflattened stem 10 are slotted, as 22;; The screw 18 passes through the slot 22. The stem 10 and't-he disk 12 carry another screw 24, which is adapted .to'engage' thenotches' 21 around the periphery of theyrounde'd portion. of the plate 17. hen it is desired .to change the angular position of. the head 5, it maybe varied, with reference to the support 15, by pulling thehead outwardly until the screw 24 leaves one of the notches 21 in which it maybe contained" The outward movement .is permitted by; the

notch 22 containing the axial screw 18, and then the head may be rotatedu-pon the screw 18 until the screw 2% comes opposite anv other notch'21- into which it ispushed to" insert itso zts'tochange the angularity of the head to the desired extent, either up-J wardly or downwardly, as shown in Fig. 3, better effect by theflower dis-'- to producea The flower-supporting arm 25-,of,which "there maybe as many as there are grooves. 8' in thehead 5,'-consists of anjelongated tubular par-tf'26- ;and an angular-part 27.2

Telescoping into the tubularpart 26 is-a" the flower'supporting arm'25 as long asdesired. Tliepart 26 carries a blade 30 and ment of the flowers.

and the rod 2-8 may be and preferably should may be separated, as before stated, to any desired extent, as shown in Fig. at.

A centrally disposed plate 32 is rotatable upon a screw 33 that is placed in the axis of the head 5. Friction of the plate 32 with the outer surface of the flange of the head is produced by the spring 34 which surrounds the screiv33 for this purpose. The plate 32 extends radially beyond the limit of the perforations 9 in the head 5, but is cutaway at given intervals so that when the plate 32 is rotated into one position, it leaves the grooves 8 and the bores 9 freely open. After the arms 25, or as many as desired, have been placed in the grooves and bores, the plate 32- may be rotated to cover or overlie the grooves and bores so as to prevent the arms from being removed therefrom. The plate 32 carries a thumb piece 37, by which it may be rotated.

lVhen it is desired to make the form of a cross by the use of bunches of flowers and my decorating stand, it is only necessary to place the arms 25 in the two vertically disposed grooves 8 and bores 9 and the two laterally extending grooves and bores S and 9. The vertical arms may be adjusted so as to be longer than the laterally extending arms, or the one vertical arm, above the axis of the head, may be shorter than its vertical companion, or substantially the same length as the laterallyextendingarms, while the lower one may be of some greater length. Flowers are new placed in bunches over the blades SO and 31 of the arms, or may be quickly wired or secured to the arms in any other suitable manner, in addition thereto, so that when a series of bunches have been supported upon the arms, the general outline is that of a cross. Almost any design may be made by the judicious use of the arms and the disposition of the bunches of flowers placed thereon. When the piece has thus been made, it may be given an upward or downward inclination by first moving the head outwardly until the screw 24 leaves the slot in which it is located, and

the head rotated after which the screw 2 may be placed in any of the slots 21 in the plate 17, so as to give the piece thus formed, any inclination desired for best effect. A

greater number of blades 30 may be placed upon the arm section 26 and may be adapted to be moved axially thereon in a radial'direction, Fig. 5, best to accommodate themselves to the general character and arrange- The arm sections 26 Copies of this patent niay beobtained for be made of square tubing and the smaller inner rod or tube, telescoping within the outer one.

lVhile the device is especially adapted for the purpose described, owing to the celerity and ease with which it may be put together and taken apart, and the small compass which it occupies when so taken apart, it may, as a matter of fact, be used for other purposes. 9

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A display stand comprising a head hav-' ing a plurality of radial grooves in one of its faces and intersecting bores parallel with its axis, in combination with radially disposed removable arms lying in said grooves, each arm having a terminal end bent at right an les to its body part for insertion in any one of said bores and a rotatable member overlying the axial parts of the arms to hold said arms in the head and rotatable to provide slots through which the arms may be removed.

2. A display stand comprising a head'having a plurality of radial grooves in one of its faces and intersecting bores parallel with its axis, in combination with radially disposed removable arms lying in said grooves, each arm having a terminal end bent at right angles to its body part for insertion in any one of said bores and a rotatable disk having parts to overlie said bores to hold said arms in the head and alternating slots through which the arms may be removed.

3. A display standcomprising a head having a hub portion and a flange portion with radially extending grooves in the face of the flange portion and intersecting bores in the hub portion, to receive radially extending angularly terminating arms; a plurality of arms, each having its, terminal end bent at; right angles to be received in any one of said grooves and intersectingbores, and a plate pivoted the axis of the flanged portion having cut. away portions and intermediate portions overlying said grooves and bores and rotatable to bring the intermediate port-ions o -er said grooves and bores to hold the arms in place on thehead.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of. two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH C; JrrMES In thepresence1of CHARLES N. Lox, S. E'TARBELL.

five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 13.6. r 

